"We have the project of refueling aircraft in our Air Force, but now we are underfunded, and the priority level of refueling aircraft is not in the front, there are still many projects in our Air Force, and now the army is not well funded, so there is no progress."

It's the imperial capital again, Yang Hui has been here I don't know how many times, but now it's different, this time it's to talk to the army, and there is no longer a government dispute like before, so there are some new changes.

And this time Yang Hui was most surprised by the big guys of the navy, for this tanker project, the navy also attaches great importance to it, here Yang Hui saw the biggest leader of the navy; General Liu.

This general Yang Hui knows, of course, General Liu definitely doesn't know Yang Hui, and now the refueling aircraft project is the focus of the Navy's discussion between General Liu and the Air Force.

"Lao Zhang, this time we are all sitting here to discuss it, about the refueling project, we must speed up the progress, not only you need the refueling capacity, but also our navy, so I will say a word from the bottom of my heart, we both sides of the funding, we must speed up the process of this refueling project."

The tanker project was originally handed over by the state to the Air Force, but the Air Force's demand for tankers at this time was not as strong as the Navy, so it was temporarily put down, and the Navy had nothing to say. The Navy also has no extra funds, they need to separately support the development of the new H-7, where will the funds come from.

Now it's different, the navy has seen the difficulty of the H-7, and the navy's own funds are really not enough for the research and development of the H-7, if it goes on like this. I really don't know when we will see the results, but the urgent need of the Navy cannot wait any longer.

Now it is possible to achieve a multi-purpose sea attack capability with the new Super Seven. Although it will take two or three years, the plane has already made its first flight. At least there is hope.

Isn't it just a tanker aircraft, which can be invested in research and development, or introduced, and the most important thing is that this thing can be pulled to the Air Force to invest in research and development, which is much better than the H-7 being unilaterally developed by the Navy. The platform of the tanker is also a reliable choice, and at the same time, it can also produce results quickly in time.

Originally, this project was a project that the top leaders of the Central Military Commission ordered the Air Force to invest in, but now the Navy can share the financial pressure together, and those who are not willing are fools.

"Oh. The Navy still has this energy and spare money? I remember that you all put your money into Bang Qi now, where did you make a windfall. ”

In the mid-80s, the navy had not yet found a way to make a windfall, and no one dared to do such a thing as smuggling landing ships, so the current atmosphere is quite good, and the mind has not yet been completely "emancipated."

As for where the funds for the Navy will come from, the Navy has already made a decision, and the current H-7 project is too far away. There are voices above the Military Commission once again demanding that the research and development of the new H-7 aircraft be abandoned, and the research and development of a new aircraft will be completely restarted.

The interior of the Navy is also not monolithic. The shipbuilding side is also constantly asking to abandon this project, to build warships, and to concentrate funds on the research and development of the new 052.

There are so many voices in these areas. In the previous life, there was no appearance of Super Annihilation Sect VII, and of course General Liu continued to withstand these. Continue to invest in the Bang 7 project.

But now it's different, the same sum of money. Investing in the H-7 does not know when it will produce results, and investing in the two projects of Super Seven and Refueling Aircraft in another way can get the same effect as the H-7, and at the same time can also get the air refueling capacity that can benefit from all models, and the most important thing is to invest in these two projects for two to three years to see the results.

After these thoughts, General Liu can no longer insist on carrying out the Bombardment 7 Project, because the current military expenditure is already small, and if he can save, he must save some, and all aspects are asking for money.

"We already plan to stop the H-7 project and divert funds for the development of refueling aircraft and other projects, so we are very sincere this time, and no one will be allowed to skip the ticket for the new refueling aircraft project."

General Liu's words seem to mean something, as for what he meant, everyone who attended the meeting knew that everyone knew about the Air Force jumping ticket and bombing seven back then, especially the Xianyang Design Institute that came this time.

Now that Xianyang Design Institute has lost the H-7 project, it was originally the most loss-making, but Chief Designer Chen, who led the team, did not have any expression. He had long expected the dismount of the H-7 project, and the H-7 had been dismounted and launched many times, but it was only under the protection of the Navy that he persisted.

Before coming, Chief Engineer Chen had already received news from the Navy, and the Navy had decided to dismount the Bombardment 7 project, and now the biggest reliance is gone, although Chief Designer Chen is also quite reluctant, there is no way. But fortunately, the navy then agreed to help Xianyang win the tanker project, which can be regarded as a loss and a gain.

Although it is very reluctant to get off the horse, but if you don't get off the horse, you can't speed up the process even if you have the support of the navy, so it's better to change the project.

As for the Air Force skipping tickets, the Xianyang Design Institute has no choice, or forget the unpleasantness of the past, and continue the following projects, the tanker project is also good.

The Air Force is also reluctant to say more about what the Navy says, and it makes no sense to say more. "Okay, we definitely won't bounce on this project anymore, this is a project designated by the chief designer at the meeting of the Military Commission, and we have no reason not to support this project."

The Air Force also has a demand for tankers, although the J-8 has a much longer range than the J-7, but it is still not long enough, the Air Force needs the J-8 to escort the H-6, and there must be a lot of tankers.

General Liu was not too worried about the Air Force's ticket bouncing on the tanker plane, because the refueling plane was originally a project of the Air Force, and with the wide adaptability of the refueling plane, the Air Force had no reason to skip the ticket.

Now that the refueling aircraft project has been decided, General Liu will talk about the conditions of the navy, and the navy must still have conditions for giving up its own H-7 project and joining the refueling aircraft project of the air force, which has not yet been specified.

"Our navy joins the refueling project, there is also a condition, we need to put the refueling aircraft project in Xianyang, and the Xianyang side will undertake the refueling project, they don't have the H-7 project, we still have to give a compensation, just use the H-6 as a platform, I think the Air Force has no reason to oppose this project."

General Liu, who said this, stared at the Air Force Commander 'Lao Zhang' on the opposite side, and if the Air Force did not agree to this request, then it would be a little too much to say.

Originally, Xianyang's H-6 was the best tanker platform in China, but in the early days, the Air Force did not think so, and the Air Force had their own ideas about tankers.

The strongest aircraft in China is not the H-6, but the Y-8, the carrying capacity of the Y-8 is as high as 20 tons, and the KC135 tanker modified by the United States on the basis of the C130 of the same level can transport 23 tons of fuel.

The 23 tons of oil transported are much higher than the tanker with the bombardment six as the platform, and the later bombardment six tanker is only 18 tons of refueling, and the cost of using the bomb six is also higher than that of the Yun-8.

Therefore, at this time, the Air Force naturally did not understand when it heard that the Navy was going to use the H-6 as a refueling aircraft platform, and it was obvious that the Y-8 was much better to use than the H-6.

"Why, isn't it good for us to use the Y-8 as a tanker platform, the C130 transport aircraft of the same level have been transformed into tankers, and even successfully refueled the British bombers many times in the Falklands Naval Battle, supporting the long-distance attacks of the British bombers, so it should be best for us to use the Y-8." (To be continued......)